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selenizones

selenizones is the plural of selenizone.

Meaning of selenizone

Noun

selenizone (plural selenizones)

  1. An anatomical structure in the shells of some families of sea snails, consisting of a spiral band of growth lines on the shell surface.
    • The shapes are quite similar to the shape in Tapinotomaria, but their flat to convex selenizones are placed higher on the whorls and are located in the central portion of vertical whorl faces.1958, Ellis Leon Yochelson, Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States

Questions about selenizones

What is selenizones the plural of?
Selenizones is the plural of selenizone.

Words near selenizones in the dictionary

  1. seleniuretted hydrogen
  2. selenize
  3. selenized
  4. selenizing
  5. selenizone
  6. selenizones
  7. seleno-
  8. selenoaldehyde
  9. selenoaldehydes
  10. selenoalkoxylation
  11. selenoalkoxylations

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